Blockchain at Branson’s Caribbean Island
Actress Lucy Liu goes Blockchain at Branson’s Caribbean Island Conference From the Coin Telegraph The Blockchain Summit on Richard Branson’s private island has attracted digital currency’s top names, and even the likes of Hollywood’s Lucy Liu. The people attending the…
Jamaica and UK strengthen co-operation against illicit drug trade
By Latonya Linton From Jamaica Information Service IMAGE: Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting (right), and British High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency David Fitton, sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on co-operation in the fight against illicit drug…
Bahamas and Bermuda defy rising Caribbean risk trend
By Jeremy Weltman From Euromoney Investors opting for the Caribbean region and its various bond offerings as economic growth recovers should beware of the risks involved. For many countries these can still be quite extreme. Risk has generally risen in…
Cartoon of the week
By Tony Zuvela, Cartoonist “It’s my own little World which I can escape to everyday and create a fun, weird, berserk Cartoon to whatever subject I like. I enjoy doing all the work myself, and all the aspects of Cartooning,…
The Jewish pirates who ruled the Caribbean
By Andrew Paul From Mental Floss As European nations pushed westward in a mad dash for colonies from the 16th to 18th centuries, the Caribbean became a pirate’s paradise. Legendary sailors like Edward “Blackbeard” Teach and William “Captain” Kidd famously…
Inhospitable Hospitality: BHP Billiton’s $25M FCPA Fine
By Rebekah Mintzer, From Corporate Counsel When Australian mining company BHP Billiton signed up as a sponsor of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, it sounded like a great opportunity for brand and business. As part of the deal the…
Lawyer sues EFF for calling his patent ‘Stupid’
By Lisa Shuchman, From Corporate Counsel The Electronic Frontier Foundation, which created its “Stupid Patent of the Month” campaign to highlight flaws in the U.S. patent system, has been sued by a patent attorney and inventor who alleges he was…
US economy contracts in Q1 as dollar hits corporate profits
From Newsmax The U.S. economy contracted in the first quarter as it buckled under the weight of unusually heavy snowfalls and a resurgent dollar, but activity has rebounded modestly. The government on Friday slashed its gross domestic product estimate to…
Cosby seeks to prevent disclosure of 2006 settlement
By Lizzy McLellan, From The Legal Intelligencer As he faces a lawsuit by three women in Massachusetts federal court, Bill Cosby has filed a motion to prevent disclosure of information from his 2006 settlement in a Pennsylvania federal court with…
$1.2 Billion settlement in FTC’s suit against Cephalon
By Saranac Hale Spencer, From The Legal Intelligencer The Federal Trade Commission’s biggest settlement to date—$1.2 billion in a pay-for-delay case—came out of federal court in Philadelphia on Thursday. Cephalon, now owned by Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, agreed to settle a…